Nagpur, Jun 20 (PTI) Seventeen persons were arrested following a raid on a gambling den in Nagpur and Rs 2.45 lakh cash as well as other items used to operate the racket were seized, a police official said on Monday.

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The raid took place on Sunday night in a farmhouse, the Kuhi police station official said.

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He said apart from cash, 21 mobile phones and eight four wheelers, all collectively valued at Rs 84 lakh, were seized.

A case has been registered under Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, he added.

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